


A REPORT 



OIT THE 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



RANGE AND HABITS OP THE SEA OTTER-ITS DECREASE UNDER 
AMERICAN RULE, AND SOME OE THE CAUSES-IMPORTANCE 
OF THE SEA OTTER TO THE NATIVES OF ALASKA 
INHABITING THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS- 
PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR 1898. 



BY 



C. L. HOOPER, Captain R. C. S., 

COMMANDING SEEING SEA PATROL FLEET, 1897. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1897. 



A REPORT 



CIS THE / ^ / 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



RANGE ANP HABITS OF THE SEA OTTER— ITS DECREASE UNDER 
AMERICAN RULE, AND SOME OF THE CAUSES— IMPORTANCE 
OF THE SEA OTTER TO THE NATIVES OF ALASKA 
INHABITING THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS- 
PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR 1898. 



BY 



US. 
C. L. HOOPEB, Captain, R. C. S., 

COMMANDING BEKING SEA PATROL FLEET, 1897. 



WASHINGTON": 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING O:.7K'I013. 
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Treasury Department. 

Document No. 1977. 

Office of Secretary, Division of lUvenue Cutter Service. 



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REPORT ON THE SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



Head-quarters Bering Sea Fleet, 

Unalaska, Alaska, 
• September 15, 1897. 

Sir: I have the honor to submit, for your information and considera- 
tion, the following report on the Sea-Otter Banks of Alaska: 

EARLY SEA-OTTER HUNTING. 

When the Russians first visited Alaska, its waters abounded in sea 
otter, and the early voyagers reajjed a rich harvest, hunting them with- 
out restraint. As a result, after more than fifty years, toward the 
close of the eighteenth century, a marked decrease was noticeable. 

The otter, which at the time of the discovery of the Pribilof Islands, 
17SG, were said to have " swarmed the shores of St. George," had 
almost entirely disappeared, and at many other places there had been 
a decided falling oft' in their numbers. 

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY. 

About the close of the century the Eussian- American Company was 
organized and duly chartered by the Czar for a term of twenty years. 
This company, which in 1820 had its charter renewed, had been granted 
new privileges, and was practically in control of the Territory, and 
exercised, to some extent, a supervision over the hunters and placed 
restrictions on the number of sea otter to be taken. The demands of 
the market were considered and the catch apportioned to the difterent 
districts with reference to the number of hunters, etc. The natives 
were held strictly to the number allotted, and any otter killed in excess 
were carried over until the next year. They also laid down certain 
rules for the hunters to avoid disturbing the otter, lest they should be 
driven away. 

At that time the otter hauled out upon the land to feed on the sea 
urchins and other shellfish exposed at low water, to sleep and rest, and 
give birth to their young, and were taken in nets and killed by clubbing. 
The females were spared, and one of the first lessons taught the youug 
hunter after he had learned to manage the kyak and to throw the spear 
was how to distinguish the female from the male animal in the water, 
by the color and shape of its head and neck, which, unlike the fur seal, 
differ sufficiently to clearly mark the sexes. When hunting upon the 
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shores, care Avas taken by tbe Luiiters to avoid any noise or disturbance, 
or leaving any mark or sign by which their presence might become 
known to the otter, whicli are exceedingly timid and suspicious and 
easily driven away from a locality if disturbed. The sea otter is very 
unlike that most stupid of all animals, the fur seal, which, commencing 
as a yearling, makes periodical trips to the killing grounds with the 
"drive," crawling over the bones of many generations of its ancestors, 
and nearly smothered in the high grass fertilized by their decaying 
bodies, presents itself for inspection year after year until of suitable age 
to be killed, when, surrounded by its dead companions, it takes the 
desired position and cranes its neck forward to meet the deadly club, 
which, with one blow on its tender skull, makes this trip to the killing 
grouiid its last. 

Boots with iron nails were prohibited, and tires were b'uili away from 
the hauling grounds and. lighted only when the \yind was ftom the sea 
to carry the smoke inland. No guns were used, only the noiseless but 
equally deadly spear. 

DECREASE OF SEA OTTER. 

In spite of all the precautions taken the sea otter appear to have 
decreased, from year to year, and in some parts, notably the Pribilof 
Islands, to have entirely disappeared before Alaska came under the 
American flag. After the transfer, although the same rigid rules could 
not be enforced, the effects of them were felt for some years. From 
habit many of the native hunters continued to spare the female, but 
gradually all precautions came to be ignored. Hunting schooners 
came yearly to the otter banks; cod fisheries were established in the 
immediate vicinity of them, and the offal lined the shores and tilled the 
water. One of the best otter grounds in Alaska, the Sannak Keefs, 
is said to have been greatly injured by the cod fisheries established 
there. 

On account of the vast extent of country and the limited force at its 
command, the Government has not enforced the law prohibiting white 
men from killing fur-bearing animals in Alaska, and the sea otter, being 
the most valuable, has received its full share of attention. Being con- 
stantly harassed, clubbed and shot on shore, caught in nets by white 
men, their hauling grounds made uninhabitable by the camp fires of 
the hunters and defiled by fisheries and the decaying bodies of their 
slaughtered companions, the sea otter of the Aleutian Islands has not 
only decreased in numbers, but lias actually changed its habits. It no 
longer comes out upon the land to feed, rest, or give birth to its young. 
A floating raft of kelp serves as its only resting place, and banks of 
oO fathoms of water are its feeding grounds. Even there it is huntevl 
and harassed by hunting schooners from March until August. Having 
been driven from the shore it is being exterminated on the sea by a fleet 
of hunting schooners, and the native hunters of the Aleutian Islands 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. O 

are being deprived of tbeir chief means of subsistence. In addition to 
its cliauge of habits and decrease in numbers, the range of the otter is 
very much reduced. 

The otter grounds west of ITnimak Pass are i)ractically abandoned. 
On some banks stray individuals are still taken at long intervals, while 
on others, not an otter has been taken during the last decade. 

No reliable record of the catch of sea otter prior to 1873 is obtain- 
able and the record since that date is only approximate, including those 
only that were bought by the Alaska Commercial Company, which were, 
however, a majority of all taken in these waters in actual numbers, 
and the change from year to year maybe taken as proportionate to the 
changes which took place in the entire herd. 

The accompanying tabular statement, for which I am indebted to the 
courtesy of the Alaska Commercial Company, shows the number of 
otter purchased by that company from 1873 to 1897, both inclusive. In 
1883 the Korth American Fur and Trading Company, which prior to 
that time had been trading in furs, with headquarters at Unalaska, 
sold out its interests to the Alaska Commercial Company, and with 
them its stock of sea otter purchased that year, 4GG in all. Supposing, 
in the absence of a better guide, that this number represents a fair 
average of yearly purchase of sea otter by the North American Fur 
and Trading Company for the ten years from 1873 to 1883, we can 
increase the yearly totals that amount. This does not include otter 
taken by schooners and not sold to the companies named. 

SEA-OTTER BANKS. 

The sea-otter grounds under consideration, for convenience sake, 
maybe divided into districts, as follows: Beginning at the extreme 
west, Attn, Atka, Umnak, Unalaska, Akutan, Sannak, Morzhovoi, 
Belkofski, Unga, and Kadiak. 

ATTU. 

The Attu grounds included Attn and Agattu, and were hunted by 
the Attu natives with kyak and spear. The other island named did 
not contain permanent inhabitants, but hunting i^arties crossed over 
from Attu in large skin boats during the offshore hunting season, 
from June to August, inclusive. The stormy condition of the sea iire- 
vented them venturing far from the shore in their frail boats at other 
seasons. The Attu otter grounds were on the south or Pacific side 
of the islands, and extended not more than 6 miles from the shore. 
Otter have almost entirely disappeared from tliese grounds. Since 
1882 only an occasional one has been taken, although periodic hunting 
trips are still made. A native hunting party in the American schooner 
Challenge in July, 1896, cruised over these grounds for eighteen days, 
with fine weather, without seeing one sea otter. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



ATKA. 



The Atka grounds extend from and include Buldir Island on the 
west to Four Mountains on the east. This ground is claimed and 
hunted by the Atka natives, who live at Nazan Bay, on the east en<l of 
the island, the only permanent settlement between Attu and Uranak 
since the abandonment, mariy years ago, of Korovin, a small settle- 
ment on the north side of the same island. 

The conditions of native hunting on the Atka grounds were almost 
identical with those at Attu. The manner of hunting, distance from 
the shore, duration of the oftshore hunting season, means of getting 
from island to island, the use of the kyak and spear, and all smaller 
details were the same. This was a large district and the otter banks 
far apart, and the dififlculties and dangers to be met and overcome in 
going from one to the other in open skin boats can only be appreciated 
by one who has experienced the dangerous tide races and overfalls 
that are to be encountered there, even in moderate weather, which try 
the seagoing qualities of small vessels. In many parts of this district 
the sea otter is entirely extinct. None have been taken from the 
Buldir Island banks since 1874. Occasional otter are found in what 
is known locally as Shut in Strait (Tanega Pass). Kiska and Amchitka, 
favorite hunting grounds of former times, are entirely abandoned; so 
also Seguam, Yuuaska, and Amukta and the islands of Four Mountains. 

TJMNAK. 

The sea-otter grounds of the Umnak district were confined to the 
banks adjacent to this one island. Like those of Attu and Atka, the 
Umnak banks were on the Pacific side of the island, but extended 
somewhat farther oft' shore. These banks were hunted by the inhabit- 
ants of Nikolski, the only permanent settlement on the island, but 
are now entirely abandoned. For a number of years, owing to the 
great decrease of otter on the Umnak grounds, the people were very 
poor and deeply in debt, their only income being the few foxes they 
were able to catch, scarcely enough to supply them with tea and sugar. 
For the past four years they have been taken to the Kadiak banks in 
the schooner Everett Hays, of Unalaska, and have done fairly well, 
being able to furnish themselves and families with the necessaries of 
life, besides paying oft' a portion of their debts. 

UNALASKA. 

The hunting ground of the Unalaska division is on the south or 
Pacific side of the island, and extends its entire length. It is hunted 
by the natives of each of the five settlements on the island — Biorka, 
Chernofski, Kashega, Makushin, and Unalaska (Iliuliuk). 

The men use both gun and spear in hunting otter, and extend their 
hunting farther off shore; otherwise the conditions are the same as at 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 7 

the other divisions referred to. But few otter have been found on the 
Unalaska banks for several years, by far the larger part of those 
credited to Unalaska in the tabulated statement having been taken by 
Unalaska hunters on the Kadiak grounds. 

AKUTAN. 

The Akutan division includes the banks south of Akutan, Avatanak, 
and Tigalda. These were claimed and hunted by the natives of Akutan 
Harbor, the only permanent habitation in this group. Here, also, the 
hunters used both gun and spear. The otter of this division are prac- 
tically extinct. For the past ten years the annual catch has not 
exceeded 3, and more frequently it is only 1, 

SANNAK. 

The Sannak district, which includes the reef and banks lying off the 
Sannak Islands, was claimed and hunted by the Belkofski natives and 
a few living on Sannak. For many years hunting parties from Akutan 
and Unalaska Island, and even from the divisions farther west, have been 
carried in schooners each year to these banks and taken away again 
at the end of the hunting season. Some parties have been left there 
during the winter, comfortable houses having been built for their accom- 
modation. The otter are now nearly extinct on the Sannak grounds, 
the greater part of those credited to this district since 1890 having 
been taken on the Kadiak grounds. 

Vessels fitted out for hunting on the Sannak grounds, failing to find 
otter there, extend their cruising to the Kadiak grounds, but keep no 
separate account of the catch, and it is all credited to the ground for 
which the vessel sailed originally. The few taken from this ground are 
taken by schooners well off shore. 

MORZHOVOI. 

This district was hunted by the inhabitants of the settlement of that 
name in Isanotski Strait or False Pass. The hunting ground embraces 
the banks and reefs in the vicinity of the pass on the Pacific side, the 
pass itself in which during Eussian times many thousands were taken, 
and the banks in Bering Sea between Cape Lapin, Unimak Island, on 
the southwest, and Amak Island on the northeast. For many years 
the Morzhovoi natives have used both gun and spear. This ground is 
nearly hunted out, and a large part of the skins credited to it during 
the past ten years were taken on the Kadiak grounds by Morzhovoi 
hunters. 

BELKOFSKI. 

This district includes Belkofski and Wosnessenski and the outlying 
reefs and banks. The district was hunted by natives of both islands, 
the gun and spear being used. This was one of the richest districts, 



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and prior to 1888 produced annually upward of 700 skins. Since that 
date the number has fallen off gradually until, in 1890, but 16 were 
taken by the uatives of both settlements. 

UNGA. 

The Unga district includes all the banks and reefs lying off the outer 
Shumagin Islands. These grounds were hunted by the inhabitants of 
Delarof Harbor, Uuga Island; Korovin, a small settlement on the 
island of that name, and Simeonofski. They used guns and spears. 
This district formerly produced from 300 to 400 otter each year. In 
1896 but 22 were taken. 

KADIAK. 

The Kadiak district includes the banks in the vicinity of the island, 
also Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait. In the latter jjlaces but few 
remain. 

PRESENT OTTER GROUNDS. 

A majority of all the sea otter taken at the present day throughout 
the Aleutian Islands are taken on the banks to the southwest of Kadiak. 
The banks are bounded on the northwest by the Alaska Peninsula, on 
the northeast by Kadiak Islands, southeast by the Trinity Islands and 
Chirikof, and on the southwest by the Seuiedi Islands. It will be seen 
that the decrease of the otter has been general and is not confined to 
any particular locality. Neither does it appear that any particular style 
of hunting is more destructive than the rest. 

In the western districts, Attn and Atka, where only the spear was 
nsed, the decrease has been quite as marked as in the eastern districts, 
where the gun has been used almost exclusively. The gun, while not 
more destructive than the spear, is perhaps more wasteful, as by its use 
some are i^robably wounded but escape capture and die, while of those 
struck by the spear but few if any are lost. 

NETTING SEA OTTER. 

ISTetting is also a wasteful method of taking otter. Unless the ani- 
mals caught are taken out of the net within a few hours after death, 
the carcass is attacked by millions of minute animals (small amphipod 
crustaceans) that infest these waters, and in a little while the pelt is 
rendered worthless. Netting is done during the stormy weather. The 
net is stretched from the shore to a convenient outlying rock. Cold, 
hard storms prevail, which frequently prevent the nets being visited 
for days at a time, and in the past many valuable skins have been lost 
in this way. Netting is not general at the present time, but is practiced 
to some extent by white men who inhabit the small outer islands of the 
Sannak and Shumagin groups and at other points. 



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IMPORTANCE OF THE SEA OTTER TO THE ALEUTS. 

The sea otter has been, since the first advent of the Russians, the 
principal means of support of the natives of the Aleutian Islands. 
The decrease in the yearly catch has already broug^ht some of the set- 
tlements to a state of want, and if they are allowed to become exter- 
minated, actual suffering and even starvation can only be averted by 
Government aid. Properly protected and reserved exclusively for the 
use of the natives, the otter, while it can probably never be brought up 
to its former numbers, can be preserved from extermination and will 
furnish a means of subsistence for these people for many years. 

WHITE HUNTERS. 

In former references to this subject I have urged upon the Govern- 
ment the justice of allowing the white men married to native women 
and actually settled within the Territory to take sea otter by means of 
the net. This necessity no longer exists. The oi)ening of mines and 
canneries in various parts of Alaska will furnish employment for all 
such, and in time no doubt the natives in the vicinity may be madeu^e- 
lul in the same way; but a large majority of the latter are isolated, 
many hundreds of miles away, and in numbers far in excess of the pres- 
ent needs of the mines and canneries. 

Inclosed and forming a part of this report is a statement of the num- 
ber of natives at the different Aleutian settlements at the present time, 
obtained by actual count and from the records of the Greek Church, 
for which I am under obligation to the resident Russian priest, Rev. 
A. Kedrofsky. 

There are in all sixteen native settlemeuts, and an aggregate of 
1,105 native inhabitants. 

RESOURCES OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. 

The resources of these islands may be stated as follows : Attn, in 
addition to an occasional otter, produces a limited number of blue 
foxes, but they are inferior in quality to those taken on the Pribilof 
Isla,nds, and do not bring so high a price. The catch is yearly getting 
smaller. Some of the islands in the Atka district still furnish a 
few fox skins of different varieties. From Kanaga a few red and 
cross foxes are obtained. Adakh formerly produced many silver foxes, 
but has only a very few left. Great Sitchin Island produces a few red 
foxes only. Atka has only a few blue foxes of the same grade as those 
caught at Attn. Amlia has silver foxes, but they are almost extinct, 
only an occasional one being taken. Umnak and Unalaska disticts 
produce a few red and cross foxes and an occasional silver fox. The 
islands in the Akutan district also produce red and cross foxes and an 
occasional silver fox. 



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ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY. 

From the organization of the Ahiska Commercial Company in 1809 
to the present time a large part of the furs taken by the Aleut hunters 
were purchased by its agents, stores being maintained for the purpose 
of trading at each of the native settlements. Owing to the falling off 
in the yield of furs many of these trading stations have been conducted 
at a loss for several years, and to avoid a continxTation of these losses 
are being abandoned. In a few cases the station agents, men who are 
married to native women, and who, if not hunters themselves, accom- 
pany the native hunting parties, have bought out the company's interest, 
and will, as a forlorn hope, still try to eke out a living. At other places 
the stores are closed and all supplies taken away. A man named Dirks, 
for many years company's agent at Atka, purchased its interests at 
Atka and Attn. He also bought a small vessel, and so long as he can 
make it pay will keep a small supply of necessary stores at these places. 
Umnak and four of the five settlements on Unalaska Island — Chernof- 
ski, Kashega, Makushin, and Biorka — have been abandoned, as have 
Akutan, Sannak, Morzhovoi, Wosnessenski, and Belkofski. 

HUNTING FROM SCHOONERS. 

After the disappearance of the otterfrom the western hunting grounds 
it became necessary to transport hunting parties in schooners to the 
Sannak and Kadiak grounds. At first the parties with their outfits of 
bidarkas, guns, spears, tents, cooking utensils, etc., were taken by the 
vessel to some convenient point and landed, and hunted from the shore, 
living in tents. Of late years the hunting parties have remained on 
board the vessels and hunted from them. The vessels cruise over the 
hunting grounds, keeping a sharp lookout until otter are seen, when, if 
the weather is suitable, the bidarkas are put over and the chase begins. 

The bidarkas keeping well together soon get the otter surrounded, 
tire it out, and capture it without difficulty. Sea otter frequently travel 
in herds; sometimes 20 or 30 are seen at the same time. If the weather 
is favorable and the hunters work well together a fair percentage of 
all seen are taken. 

Although all are hunting together, the otter belongs to the hunter 
who kills it, and strange as it may seein there is seldom a question as 
to ownership. If an otter is shot in such a way as to make it impossi- 
ble to determine its rightful owner the matter is settled by giving the 
pelt to the church. In Eussian times, when only the spears were used, 
each hunter had his mark, and the spear nearest the nose of the animal 
owned it. This was to induce the hunters to throw their spears at the 
head to avoid injuring the pelt. 

In August the schooners return and a settlement is had. For its 
share of the work the schooner takes one-third of the otter caught, and 
the rest belong to the hunters. 



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As stated, a majority of all pelts taken by the Aleutian hunters are 
sold to the Alaska Commercial Company, whose method of dealing 
with the natives is particularly simple and fair. Immediately after the 
return of the hunting parties all the hunters meet, accompanied by the 
chief, and the furs are brought out for inspection and appraisement by 
the company's agent. Those belonging to each hunter are examined 
separately, each fur is appraised and the price ofi'ered is announced in 
Russian and repeated in Aleut in a tone loud and clear enough for all 
to understand. Each hunter is furnished with a book in which the 
value of his catch is entered. From this is deducted the amount of his 
indebtedness to the company, and the balance is paid in coin or placed 
to his credit as he may elect. After settling up, the work of buying a 
winter outfit begins. With those who have money this is a simple cash 
transaction; gold is converted into silver and each article required is 
bought and paid for separately. To the hunter who has caught noth- 
ing, and in consequence has no money, a winter's supply is given on 
credit. I am informed, however, that in future the Alaska Commercial 
Company will discontinue the credit system and do only a cash busi- 
ness, to guard against loss. The system i^racticed has been so simple 
and plain that even the Aleut had no difficulty in understanding it, and 
no difierences arose. 

After buying their winter outfit, the hunters and their purchases are 
taken on board the schooner in which they have been hunting and given 
free transportation to their homes. 

CONCLrSIONS. 

By the foregoing statements and annexed tables it will be seen : First, 
that the annual catch of sea otter has been steadily and rapidly decreas- 
ing for the past ten years, the number killed yearly being api)arently 
greater than the natural increase. Second, that the sea otter has not 
only decreased in numbers, but that it has actually changed its habits 
and is no longer found on or near the shore; further, that the sea otter 
grounds are very much reduced in area. Third, that about 1,165 natives 
of the Aleutian Islands are almost wholly dependent upon the sea otter 
for the necessaries of life and will be left destitute if the animal is 
exterminated. Fourth, that on account of the decreased area of the 
hunting grounds and the disappearance of the otter from the western 
Aleutian Islands, a large number of the natives are isolated and can 
only reach the hunting grounds by the aid of schooners. Fifth, by the 
withdrawal of the Alaska Commercial Company's stores from the differ- 
ent settlements the natives are left dependent upon TJnalaska for the 
necessaries of life, and communication between this and the other settle- 
ments can only be accomplished by vessel. The present generation has 
not the art of building seagoing bidarras. Sea lion, from the skin of 
which the covering is made, have also decreased until there are only 
enough left to make the small bidarkas, and in any event the schooner 



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is more comfortable, safer, fiister, and made use of in a proper manner 
will not be detrimental to the sea otter berd. Sixth, it does not appear 
that the use of lirearms, although perhaps more wasteful, is more 
destructive to the herd than spears. The banks of the Attn district, 
where the spear was used exclusively, were the first to be abandoned 
by the otter. 

In the preparation of regulations for the taking of sea otter these 
fiicts must be considered : It is not only necessary to preserve the otter, 
the most beautiful and valuable fur-bearing animal in the world, but 
to preserve it for the benefit of the natives who have been dependent 
upon it for more than a century, and who will be reduced to suffering 
and want without it. 

In the preparation of regulations another point arises: Are the i^res- 
ent sea-otter banks wholly within the territorial waters of the United 
States! If so, no international agreement to the regulations is neces- 
sary, as was the case with the fur seal. In the light of what knowledge 
I have upon the subject, I believe that the principal parts of the pres- 
ent sea-otter hunting ground are wholly within the territorial Avaters of 
the United States. 

As shown, the place where sea otter are hunted at present is to the 
southwest of Kadiak, on what is known as the Kadiak ground. A 
reference to the accompanying chart will show this body of water to 
be a large bay, a continuation of Shelikof Strait, entirely surrounded 
by land on three sides, and nearly so on the fourth, all of which land 
is United States territory. This bay has always been considered as 
territorial waters, and, so far as I know, no foreign vessel has ever 
hunted therein. In 1892 Hon. Warren Truitt, United States district 
judge for the District of Alaska, decided that this was United States 
territorial waters and promptly condemned two sea-otter liunting 
vessels, the schooners St. Paul and Alexander, seized therein by the 
revenue steamer Corwiu, for hunting sea ott«r with white hunters, in 
violation of article 1956, Ke vised Statutes. The \iew taken by Judge 
Truitt should be formally adopted by the Government of the United 
States. 

Under almost precisely similar conditions, I am informed that the 
Canadian Government claims Hecate Strait, inside of Queen Charlotte 
Island, a much larger bay, as territorial waters, and American halibut 
fishermen are being warned away from there by the Dominion revenue 
cutter Quadra. 

If this bay in which the otter are found derives a national character 
from the land by which it is surrounded, and the line representing the 
limit of United States jurisdiction passes 3 miles outside of Kodiak, 
Trinity Islands, and Chirikof, suitable regulations by the United States 
Government, properly enforced, will furnish ample protection for the 
sea otter, as not enough can be taken outside of these limits to encour- 
age hunting to any extent. 



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There are at the present time no British or other foreign vessels 
engaged in liunting sea otter in these waters, and it does not appear 
that any have done so in the past. Since this is a fact, and the decrease 
of sea otter is due to overkilling by our own people, it does not appear 
that there is any necessity for an international agreement, or grounds 
upon which to ask it. If foreign vessel^s were not attracted in former 
times, they are not likely to be now that the sea-otter herd is reduced 
to barely one tenth its former numbers, and when not one of the Ameri- 
can schooners engaged in it is paying expenses. 

If an international agreement should be deemed necessary, a flfteen- 
mile limit, as shown on the chart transmitted herewith and forming a part 
of this .report, would afford ample protection and should be adopted, 
although this is not recommended except as a last resort, and in that 
event an exception should be made in favor of the Aleuts hunting from 
the shore in their native canoes (bidarkas), as is done in the fur-seal 
regulations, article 9, section G, Bering Sea Award, in favor of the 
Indian hunters farther south; otherwise one of the prime objects of the 
}>reservation of the sea otter will be defeated. 

The article quoted permits the Indian hunters of the west coast of 
the United States and British Columbia to hunt seals from the shore 
in their native canoes at all seasons, but unjustly and without apparent 
cause discriminates against the Aleut and forbids him to hunt them at 
any time. To fully appreciate the injustice of this ruling, it nuist be 
known that the Aleuts use the flesh of the fur seal as an article of food 
and prize it highly, while the Indians referred to do not eat it. The 
amount of seal meat thrown away by these Indian hunters each year 
would go far toward furnishing the Aleuts with a much needed supply 
of fresh meat. 

Herewith are appended a set of regulations suggested for the gov- 
ernment of sea-otter hunting for the season of 18!>8. As will be seen, 
these regulations are intended to preserve the remaining sea otter for 
the use of the Aleut hunters and their families, in accordance with the 
spirit of article 1950, Eevised Statutes. It is believed that this can be 
attained only by prohibiting all hunting from schooners. There i^^ no 
proliibition of the use of firearms suggested, for two reasons: First, 
that it does not appear to be particularly injurious; second, becajise 
such a i^rohibition could not be enforc'ed without working great hard- 
siiip upon the natives. Obviously, if forbidden to be used in hunting 
otter, the carrying of firearms by hunting parties must be prohibited. 
To deprive these native hunting parties of the use of guns to kill game 
while out on the long hunts of several months would indeed be a serious 
hardship, and could not be consistently recommended. 

Under present conditions tlie sea otter is becoming extinct, and, as 
many of the hvinting schooners are manned by white hunters from San 
Francisco, the natives are receiving only a part of the benefit. 

Under the proposed regulations the ren?ainiug otter will be preserved 



14 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 

for the use of the natives, and they being compelled to hunt from the 
shore, only a limited number will be taken, and the herd will perhaps 
increase. Unless some action of this kind is taken, in a very few years 
a large portion of the Aleutian Island natives must be taken care of by 
the Government or starve. 

If these regulations meet the approval of the Department, I respect- 
fully recommend that they be adopted and promulgated without delay, 
in order that the hunting schooners, some of which sail about February 
each year, may receive due notice. 

Appended will also be found tabular statements giving the number 
of sea otter taken in Alaskan waters, and census tables of the inhabi- 
tants of the islands, etc. 

C. L. Hooper, 

Gapt., R. C. S,, Comdg. Bering iSea Fleet. 
Hon. Lyman J. Gage, 

Secretary of the Treasury. 



APPENDIX. 

Table A. — Rkgulations GO^'^RNING sea-otter hunting and vessels employed 

IN TRANSPORTING SEA-OTTER HUNTING PARTIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS 

OF Alaska for the year 1898, under authority of Revised Statutes. 

Article 1. 

No person sball be allowed to kill sea otter within the limits of Alaska Territory 
or the waters thereof, from or by the use of any boat or vessel other than the ordi- 
Qary .two-hatch skin-covered bidarka or the open Yakutat canoe. . 

Article 2. 

Only sailing vessels and the bidarkas and the canoes above described may be 
em])loyed in transporting sea-otter hunting parties to and from the hunting grounds, 
but no hunting from vessels shall be permitted. 

Article 3. 

Every vessel employed in transporting sea-otter hunting parties shall have, in 
addition to the papers now required by law, a special order or permit from the Sec- 
retary of the Treasury. 

Article 4. 
The use of nets for the capture of sea otter is prohibited. 

Article 5. 

It shall be the duty of officers of the United States who may be stationed in the 
localities where sea otter are taken, or who may have knowledge of any offense hav- 
ing been committed, to take all proper measures to enforce the penalties of the law. 

Article 6. 

Foreign vessels of every description will be forbidden to hunt sea otter within the 
territorial waters of the United States. Such prohil)ition shall exten<l to all waters 
lying between the peninsula of Alaska and a line drawn 3 miles to the southeast- 
ward of a line connecting the southeastern headlands of the Island of Kadiak, 
thence extending to the southeastern headlands of the Trinity Islands, of Chirikof, the 
Sliiimagiu group, Sannak, and other islands of the Aleutian group, to Attn, thence 
along the northern headlands of the Aleutian Islands to the said peninsula of Alaska, 
as shown in the accompanying chart, such waters thus inclosed being territorial 
waters of the United States. 

Article 7. 

Any master of a vessel or other person violating any i>art of these regulations shall 
be considered to have violated the provisions of section 19.56, Revised Statutes, here- 
inafter annexed, andwill be liable to the penalty described therein. (U. S. Rev. Stat., 
sec. 1956.) 

15 



16 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



"No person shall kill any otter, mink, marton, sable, or fur seal, or other fur- 
bearing aiiiinal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof; and 
every person guilty tbercof shall, for each offense, be lined not less than two hun- 
dred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, 
or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, found engaged 
in violation of tliis section shall be forfeited ; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
liave power to authorize the killing of any such mink, sable, or other fur-bearing 
animal, except fur seals, under such regulations as hemay ])rescribe; and it shall be 
the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur seal, and to provide lor 
the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law; 
nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section." 

Articlk 8. 

The foregoing regulations are intended to apply only to the season of 1898. 

Table B. — ArpRoxiMAXE number of sea otter taken in Alaskan waters by 
Aleutian Island natives each year from 1873 to 1896, inclusive. 



Tear. 


< 


C3 

< 


a 

a 


a 


a 
a 
a 

in 


cs 

.5 
< 


■p 




s 

II 


(8 


5 
M 




Ig73 


141 
27 

105 
67 
14 
59 
20 
11 
22 
6 
4 

(i 
4 
5 
5 


129 
151 
444 
155 
236 

i;i2 

211 
142 

57 
73 

"'69' 
54 

84 
122 
58 
04 
51 
35 
39 
29 
2() 
20 
24 
21 


195 

224 

240 

141 

]«6 

104 

305 

73 

33 

14 

13 

84 

44 

57 

26 

46 

21 

16 

2 

6 

1 I 

1 


54 

237 

208 

310 

226 

197 

88 

38 

21 

35 

"■49' 

24 

13 

11 

12 

12 

9 

6 

13 

1 

1 

1 


477 
892 
920 
980 
520 
700 
765 
694 
995 
975 
184 
820 
912 
797 
853 
737 
643 
476 
466 
486 
171 
132 
204 
318 
324 


85 
58 
76 
45 
35 
43 
9 
6 
11 

''. 

"'26' 

41 

29 

1 
5 
3 

1 
1 

1 
1 
2 


221 

263 

176 

255 

214 

264 

259 

226 

213 

114 

32 

179 

256 

285 

156 

160 

94 

108 

68 

33 

30 

36 

32 

24 

18 


754 
445 
430 
684 
621 
834 
809 
800 
752 
792 
151 
1,187 
838 
903 
702 
734 
398 
313 
272 
202 
132 
140 
71 
23 
16 


209 

139 

75 

149 

152 

248 

254 

216 

293 

233 

82 

371 

553 

472 

346 

346 

257 

173 

116 

72 

189 

37 

42 

57 

22 


""44b' 
426 
601 
808 
602 
808 

"i,'bib 

1,244 

1,508 

1,375 

992 

1,002 

655 

666 

583 

362 

306 

220 

428 

322 


2,265 


1874 


2, ■I36 


1875 

1876 

]g77 


2, 674 
2,786 
2. 624 


1878 


2, 989 


: 879 


3,121 


1880 


3,014 


1881 


2,999 


188"' 


3,114 


] 88:; n 


466 


1883 

1884 

1885 


3,798 
3 972 
4, 1.52 


188(5 . 


3,604 


]887 


3, 095 


1888 


2, 496 


1889 


1 
2 

1 


1,795 


1890 


1,633 


189! 


1, 436 


1892 


820 


3 893 


1 


686 


1894 


598 


18()5 


2 


887 


1896 






724 













a Purchased from North American Fur and Trading Company, 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 

Table C. — Census statistics. 
Census of natives on Unga Island dependent upon sea-otter hunting. 



17 



Name. 



Age. 


Sex. 


45 


M. 


30 


F. 


25 


M. 


20 


F. 


13 


M. 


4 


M. 


60 


F. 


23 


M. 


50 


M. 


22 


F. 


5 


F. 


24 


M. 


19 


F. 


50 


M. 


40 


F. 


26 


M. 


25 


F. 


45 


M. 


16 


M. 


35 


M. 


25 


F. 


10 


M. 


6 


M. 


30 


M. 


22 


F. 


51 


M. 


32 


F. 


12 


M. 


10 


F. 


10 


M. 


40 


F. 


5 


M. 


1 


M. 



Where bom. 



Remarks. 



Zakarah Katschutin 

Nadia Katschntin 

William Soporiuski 

Nellie Soporinski 

William Soporinski 

Nikolai Soporinski 

IrenaLukanine 

Thrapine Lukanine 

Nikolai Olgen 

Akulina oTgen 

Lizzie Olgen 

Peter Karakin. 

Parashovia Karakin 

Gevdokie Maisin 

Annie Maisin 

Naketa Paletof 

Vera Paletof 

Andronie Alexis 

Ivan Palatof 

Nasil Chubernoi 

Katarina Chubernoi 

Michael Chubernoi 

Maxim Chubernoi 

Asniti Shnposnekoff 

Christina Shupoanekoff . 
Constant ine Kreevdu . . . 

Datina Kreevdu 

Nicholas Kreevdu 

Maggie Kreevdu 

Niketa Kreevdu 

Parascovia Supposnekof 
Theophon Suppo.snekof . 
Kobert Supposnekof 



Unga 

....do 

r....do 

Unalaska 

Unga 

... <\o 

Sitka 

Atka 

do 

do 

Unga 

Belkofski 

Wosnessenaki . 

Unga 

do 



....do 

....do 

....do 

do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

...do 

do 

Sinienofski 

Unga 

do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

-...do 

....do 



No children ; hunter. 
2 children : hunter. 



Irena's son. 

2 children ; hunter. 

No children; hunter. 

Do. 

Do. 

Single; hunter. 

Do. 
2 children ; hunter. 



No children ; hunter. 
Chief; i children. 



RECAPITULATION. 

Males 20 

Females 13 

Total 33 



Census of Wostiessenski Island. 



Name. 


Age. 


Sex. 


Where born. 


Remarks. 




30 

26 

6 

4 

1 
13 


M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 






Fedosia Stiklaikof 


Pirate Cove 

Wosnessenski 

do 


Wife 


Endovke Stiklaikof 




Eloiseta Stiklaikof 




Radion Stiklaikof 


do 






Belkofski 


Orphan. 




Chernofski 




50 
18 
19 
12 

5 
23 
22 

5 

(a) 

38 

6 

2 
24 






Pirate Cove 




Gabriel Gurdioif 






Wosnessenski 

do 










do 








Wife. 




Wosnessenski .... 
do 
















Wosnessenski 

do 










Belkofski 


No family ; hunter. 







a Eight months. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Males 

Females 11 

Total 20 

7346 2 



18 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 

Census of Belkofski. 



Name. 



Age. 



Sex. 



Where born. 



Remarks. 



Moizey Mozorof 

Maklena Mozorof 

Siiiieou Mozorof 

Ignatin Kuzakin 

Ostemia Kuzakin 

Grejjory Kuzakiu 

Rodion Kuzakin 

Antone Ladegiu 

Jennie Ladegin 

JanieaLadegiu 

Poligin Ladegin 

Petwr Dushkin 

AnnaDushkin 

Tertiaua Johnson 

Freddie Johnson 

Moisey Claymof 

Andrea ArkemandtoiT 

Oleiana Arkemandtotf 

Nikifa Arkemaudtotl' 

Feckla Arkemandtotf 

Nadia Arkemandtotf 

Peter Arkemandtotf 

Nikoli Arkemandtoti 

Lllisha Arkemandtotf' 

Katarina Lestikof 

Lief Lestikof 

Matrona Lestikof 

Makile Lestikof 

Anna Lestikof 

Alekay Dushkin 

Anna Dushkin 

(Meana Dushkin 

i^asile Kotchutin 

Mary Kotchutin 

Agraphey Kotchutin 

Alixa Steklanikof 

George Venskin , 

Andronica Konklevisuekof 

Mationa Vishikof 

Simeon Dushkin 

Stepanina Dushkin 

Laurenti Dushkin 

Politia Kotchutin 

Dementiu Kenezarof 

Anteuiua Kenezarof 

Arsena Kenezarof 

Alistarka Kenezarof 

Marpha Kenezarof 

Sophia Serebuekof 

Simeon Venskin 

Akenia Venskin , 

Poligia Venskin 

Anna Venskin 

Katarina Venskin , 

Alexandra Venskin , 

Mino Vatanabl 

Paraskovia Vatanabl 

Mary Vatanabl 

Nellie Vatanabl 

Peter Vatanabl 

Kurile Kuzakin , 

Daria Kuzakin 

Nikolai Kuzakin 

Feodor Kuzakin , 

Feckla Kuzakin 

Neckander Yetsmasof , 

Lizzie Yetsmasof 

Katarina Yetsmaaof 

Osip Glekof 

Matfia Verkofskl , 

Annie Verkofski 

Agraphia Verkofski 

Heleue Verkofski 

Osip Vereskin 

Agra])hina V'ereskin 

Alexandria Vereskin 

Maria Vereskin 

Matpha Kotschutan , 

Eloiseta Kotschutan 



28 

28 

2 

30 

26 

5 

2 

57 

48 

6 

17 
56 
40 
24 
2 

10 

46 

40 

20 

20 

12 

6 

3 

1 

34 

12 

10 

8 

2 

25 

18 

20 

35 

35 

28 

5 

3 

16 

14 

29 

27 

2 

10 

33 

20 

3 

1 

40 

35 

28 

26 

6 

5 

3 

1 

31 

26 

6 

3 

(a) 

35 

28 

10 

8 

5 

38 

40 

7 

25 

30 

23 

2 

1 

35 

28 

5 

1 

38 

22 



M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 

F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 



Atka 

Nikolski 

Wosnessenskl . 

Nikolski 

Belkofski 

do 

do 

Atka 

Belkofski 

do 

do 

do 

Korovinskl 

Belkofski 

do 

do 

Uu»a 

Belkofski 

do 

Unalaska 

Belkofski 

Uni^a 

Belkofski 

... do 

Unga 

Belkofski 

do 

do 

do 

do 

St. Paul 

Belkofski 

do 



do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Unalaska . 
Belkofski . 

do.... 

Unga 

Belkofski . 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Japan 



Belkofski.. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Unalaska . . 

Belkofski . . 

do 

do 

Morzhovoi . 

Belkofski . . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



"Wife and 1 child ; hunter. 
"Wife and 2 children ; hunter. 

"Wife and 1 cliild. 



"Wife and 5 children. 



"Widow and 4 children. 



"Wife; no children. 



Sister's son. 

Orphan. 

Wife and child ; hnnter. 



Orphan. 

Wife and 2 children ; hunter. 



Mother. 
Widow. 
Wife and 4 children; hunter. 



Cook, Alaska Commercial Com- 
pany ; wife and 3 children. 



Wife and 3 children ; hunter. 



Wife and child ; hunter. 



Single; hunter. 

Wile and 2 children; hunter. 



Wife and 2 children ; hunter. 



Wife; hunter. 



a One month. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Belkofski — Continued. 



19 



Name. 


Age. 


Sex. 


Where born. 


Kemarka. 




20 
60 
13 
15 
33 
30 
15 
55 
32 

8 

27 
55 
46 
18 

5 

35 
30 
10 

4 
40 
30 

4 
45 
48 
26 

5 
14 
27 
17 
(a) 
50 
40 
12 

3 

1 
50 
18 

8 
38 
11 

5 
29 
25 

8 

1 
55 
29 
27 

2 
50 
60 

5 

2 

19 
39 
12 
25 
30 
20 
17 
60 
30 
15 
14 
35 
50 
36 
36 

7 

4 

1 
35 
35 

7 
50 
36 
13 

6 
55 


M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 

^• 
F. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

al 




















do 


Do 




do 

Makushin 

Belkofski 


Wife and 1 child ; hunter. 










do 


Do 










do 








Single. 

Wife and 2 children ; hunter. 




do 




do 




do 






Morzhovoi 


Single. 

Wife and 2 children; hunter. 






do 




do 




Feckla Wei genenof 


do 






do 


Wife and 1 child ; hunter. 




do 




do 




Var vara Vereskin 


do 




E. P. Alexine 




Russian priest, wife and child. 




do 


Olga Alexine 


.... do 






Wosnessenski 








Alexandra Panlofl" 






Coiistantiiie I'anloff 


do 




Laurent Ku/.akin 


do 






Wosnessenski 

Belkofski 










do 




Vauvara Kuzakin 


do 






do 






... do 




PeilorePlatnekof 


do 






Wosnessenski 

Belkofski 




Tecla Venskin 




Irena Venskin 


do 




Denietri Vlaskof 


do 






do 




Ivan Vlaskof 


do 




Aromaii Vlaskof 


do . . . 




Kui)k Kar.ikin 


do 




Einjelian Karakin 


do 




SopkiaKarakin 


do 


Wife of Rupk. 


Lii^a Karakin 


.. do 




do 




Anna Kuzakin 


Wosnessenski 

Belkofski 




Gregorv Kuzakin 




Mucksina Kuzakin 


do 




Pet na Vereskin 


do 


Single. 


Radion Duslikin 


do 


Aunie Duslikin 


.. do 




Mary Dushkin 


do 


Single. 


Peter Uushkin 


do 


Fedosia Dushkin 


Morzhovoi 

do 


Wife. 


Ivan Dushkin 


Single; hunter. 


Matrona Dushkin 




Mrs. Ainsworthy 


Belkofski 




Mary Ainsworthy 


Ukatik 




Olga Ainsworthy 






"Wasila Galishof 






Agnes Galishof 


do 




Arkup Masheenen 


do 


Wife, 3 children; hunter 




Paulof Bay 








Maria Masheenen 


do 




Marpha Masheenen 


do 




Eopsik Kusakin 


do 


Wife, 1 child • hunter. 




Paulof Bay 

Belkofski 




Nikolai Kusakin 




Ivan Vereskin 


Paulof Bay 

Belkofski 


Wife, 2 children : hunter. 


Seneway Vereskin 


Gavril Vere.skin 


Wosnessenski 

do 




Annie Vereskin 




Ermoli Kotschutin 


Paulof Bay 

wo montlia. 









20 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Belkofski — Continued. 



Name. 



Age. Sex 



Where born. 



Remarks. 



EplirPama Kotschutin 

Masha Kotschutin 

Polygeia Kotschutin . 
Sam Dock 

John E. Jack.son 

Ed. Smith 

P.J.Myers 



50 I F. 

49 F. 
11 F. 

50 i M. 



Belkofski . 

do .... 

do .... 

China 



Sweden 

do 

Nova Scotia , 



"Widow. 



Cook, Alaska Commercial Co. ; 

single. 
Single, hunter. 

Do. 
Storekeeper, Alaska Commercial 

Co. 



KECAPITULATION. 

Males - --- 82 

Females 83 

Total 165 

Whites 7 

Japanese 1 

Chinese •- 1 

Natives 15fi 

Total 1C5 



Census of Sannak Island. 



Name. 


Age. 


Sex. 


Where born. 


Remarks. 




50 
39 
50 
37 

9 
30 
30 
30 

2 
20 
20 
40 
30 

8 


M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 














Atka 


Widow ; 1 child. 




do 






do 






.... do 






M. 
F. 










Wife. 




M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 


do 








Brother; single; hunter. 
Cousin; single; hunter. 




do 




Atka 










F. 













RECAPIT tJL ATION. 

Males 7 

Females 7 

Total U 

Censtts of Morzhovoi viUa(je, July 8, 1S97. 



Name. 



Gregori Druskin 

Mary Druskin 

Trophin Druskin 

Anisia Druskin 

Gregori Druskin 

Ivan Druskin 

Const an tine Dmsktn 

Phillip Druskin 

Varvari Druskin 

Daria Druskin 

Kaprian Kuohitskin. 
Ivan Mocliikotf I ... 
Alexaiidin Mochikott' 
Ivan Mochikott' JI... 
Alexandra Mochikof! 
Marie Mochikoflf 



Age. 


Sox. 


47 


M. 


38 


P. 


13 


M. 


16 


F. 


10 


M. 





M. 


2 


M. 


35 


M. 


23 


F. 


3 


F. 


63 


M. 


39 


M. 


37 


F. 


23 


M. 


27 


F. 


6 


F. 



"W here bom. 



Old Morzhovoi Husband, 



Uniniak 

Morzhovoi 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Old Morzhovoi 

Belkofski 

lilorzhovoi 

Belkofski 

Unimak 

Old Morzhovoi 

Unimak 

Belkofski , 

Morzhovoi , 



Remarks. 



Wife. 



^Children. 



Husband. 

Wife. 

Child. 

Husband. 

Wife. 

Husband. 

Wife. 

Child. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Morzhovoi village, July 8, 1S07 — Continued. 



21 



Name. 



Where born. 



Remarks. 



"Varsilie Mochikoff . . . 
Stephanie Moehikoff- 

Jacob Garasimotf 

Natalie Garasiuioff . . 

Xinia Garasimofl' 

Cornel Garasimotf 

Osteuia Garasimotf .. 

Ivan Druskin 

Sophie Driisk in 

Zachar Drnskin 

Hinia Brown 

Mary Brown 



Olga Brown 

William Brown 

Brown Benson 

Acraphine Benson 

Ivan Benson 

Helene Benson 

Anne Benson 

Charles Peterson 

Martha Peterson 

Alexandra Peterson 

Nellie Peterson 

Hanne Peterson 

Charles Kosenberg 

DariaKosenber^ 

Moses Lazaroti" 

Mary Geary 

Varselie Rosenberg 

Catharin Rosenberg 

Ivan Rosenberg 

Charles Svenseu 

Stepban Geriski 

Tercnte Orrbardin 

Hek'iie ( Ircliardin 

Nastasia ( )rcliardin 

Peter Zotborull' 

Anna Zochorotf 

Kyprian Zochorotf 

Gregori Zochorotf 

Islimail ( )rchardin 

Eresvtt ( )icliardin 

TatianaOrchardin 

Meron Orchardin 

Arshen Rokavitshnikoft'. 

Kochmar Kuchitshin 

Fecla Kuchitshin 

Constantino Garasimotf. . 

Maria Garasimotf 

Ivan Garasimotf 

Soia Garasimotf 

Ivan Lazarotf 

Luckaria Lazarotf 

Akendin Lazarotf 

Alexander Lazarotf 

Constantin Veruskin 

Varsili Veruskin 

Karlam Veruskin 

Sophie Veruskin 

Demitn Lazarotf 

Isaac Lazarotf 

Arena Veruskin 



4 
39 
29 

11 

7 

4 

39 

23 

6 

4 

2 

39 

30 

13 

8 

5 

4 

1 

29 

49 

40 

38 

10 

40 

39 

2 

(a) 

36 

40 

6 

3 

18 

38 

40 

38 

24 

2 

(h) 

28 

26 

3 

(c) 

39 

8 

5 

2 

50 
48 
17 



M. 
F. 
M. 
P. 

r. 

M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 

F. 
M. 

M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M., 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 



Attn Husband. 

....do Wife. 

Atka Husband. 

do Wife. 

Morzhovoi I 

do ^Children. 

....do J 

do 

do >0rphan8. 

do J 

TJniniak ; Widow. 

Morzhovoi i At school, San Fran- 

sisco. 

do At school, Unalaska. 

do 

Sweden Husband. 

Atka Wife. 

Morzhovoi At school, Unalaska. 

do 

do 

Denmark Husband. 

Morzhovoi Wife. 

do ■) 

do >Children. 

do 

Germany 

Unalaska 

Morzhovoi 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Sweden 

Vasilisinski 

Old Morzhovoi . 

Unimak 

Morzhovoi 

Old Morzhovoi . 

do 

Morzhovoi 

do 

Old Morzhovoi . 

Unga 

Morzhovoi 

do 

Belkofski 

do 

do 

Old Morzhovoi . 

Belkofski 

Morzhovoi 

do 

Unimak 

Unalaska 

Morzhovoi 

do 

Belkofski 

Morzhovoi 

do 

do 

^^'^ llBrothers, 

do J 

Belkofski i Orphan. 



Husband. 

Wile. 

Child first husband. 

Child second husband. 

Child third husband. 

Do. 

Do. 



Husband. 
Wife. 



Husband. 
Wife. 



Husband. 
Wife. 



Child first husband. 

Husband. 

Wife. 

Husband. 

Wife. 



Husl)and. 
Wife. 



Father. 



OLD MORZHOVOI VILLAGE. 





38 

20 

(d) 


M. 
F. 

M. 


United States 


Husband. 




Wife. 




Old Morzhovoi ... 









oFour months, 



b Six months. 



c Three months. 



d Four months. 



22 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



RECAPITULATION. 

Total number families in Morzhovoi 22 

Males 43 

Femalea - 35 

Total 78 

All the men were hunters and fishermen. 

Number families in Old Morzhovoi 1 

Males 2 

Females 1 

Total 3 

Grand total 81 

Census of Akutan village, Alaska, July 2, 1897. 



Name. 



Eimelan Dolmatoff 

Evdokie Dolmatoff 

Katarina Dolmatoff 

Aguphey Dolmatoff 

Ivan Dolmatoff 

Isaac Petokoff' 

Julian Petokofif 

Andrew Petokofif 

Elina Petokoff 

Varvara Petokoff 

Agrophina Petokofif 

John Rastogaif 

Evodokie Rastogaif 

Eremia Rastogaif 

Marpha Rastogaif 

Loka Petokoff 

Mary Petokofif 

Nekandra Petokoff 

Marke Petokoff 

Ographen Petokoff 

Peter Petokoff 

Patopea Petakoff 

Alexandra Petakoff.... 
Parashkeva Petakoff"... 

Reshen PetakofiF 

Len h Petakoff 

Ivan Petakoff 

Varvara Petakoff 

Mathew Petakoff 

Ivan Cherepanoff' 

Mary Cherepanoff 

Philip Cherepanoff 

Mevra Cherepanoff 

Epheme Cherepanoff — 

Akuke Dolmatoff 

Mary Dolmatoff 

Speiidon Dolmatoff 

Eimelan Dolraotott' 

Lenod Dolmotofif 

Merckrne Dolmotofl' 

Akinia Dolmotoff 

Ivan Dolmotoff 

Pherkly Dolmotoff 

Mathew Chereponotl' . . . 
Peroshkeva Chereponott' 
Narvara Chereponoff . . . 

Moses Chereponoff 

Elena Chereponoff 

Kinake Lakarine 

Ivan ^Menslieft' 

Julian Maklashin 

Phekla Maklashin 

Julian Maklashin 

Martha Maklashin 

Vislea Maklashin 

Mary ilaklashin 

Nasiie Peterkoft' 

Gregory Zaharoff 

Martha Zaharoff 



Age. 



32 

28 

6 

2 

(fl) 

42 

41 

18 

13 

6 

3 

32 

21 

2i) 

51 

51 

40 

20 

7 

14 

7 

30 

28 

13 

10 

8 

6 

2 

18 

20 

19 

60 

60 

12 

37 

20 

3 

20 

63 

34 

30 

20 

17 

29 

27 

6 

3 

1 

20 

25 

40 

30 

13 

9 

5 

3 

50 

20 

17 



Sex. 



M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 



Remarks. 



Wife and 3 children. 



Wife and 4 children. 



Wife ; no children. 

Unmarried. 

Do. 
Wife and 4 children. 



Wife and 6 children. 



Wife and 1 child. 

Wife and 1 child. 

Unmarried. 

Do. 
Wife and no children. 

Wife and no children. 

Wife and 3 children. 



Unmarried. 

Do. 
Wife and 4 children. 



Unmarried. 

Wife and no children. 



a One month. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



23 



Adult males 12 

Adult Hemales 14 

Total ~^ 

Males under age 20 

Females under age 13 

Total ~3 

Grand total 59 

Number of families 14 

Note. — Those enumerated in the above were born on Akutan Island and all engaged 
in fishing for a living except Julian Macklashin, who keeps the Alaska Commercial 
Company store. 

Census of Vnalaska Island, 

RUSSIAN MISSION SCHOOL. 



Xame. 


Age. 


Sex. 


"Where born. 


Kemarks. 


Georgy Krasof 


29 
55 

14 

13 
16 
12 
11 
14 
11 
13 
12 
10 
15 
12 
13 
13 
13 
12 
13 
13 


M. 
F. 

M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 






Alexandra Krasof 


do 


Teacher, Eussian 
school. 


"Vasily Andreanof 




lof Koslof 






Nikita Kudak 






Arseni Sokolnikof 












Vasill' Zakarof 






Michail Kukickof 






Andrew Slofef 














Atka 


















Att u 










Grigory Dooshnin 


MorzhoYoi 

St. Paul 




Ivan Fredes 




Ivan Merkoref 


do 




Paul Kajefnikof 


do 











VILLAGE OF ILIULIUK (UNALASKA). 



Simen Milovidof 

Natali Milovidof 

Maria Shaishnikof 

Innokenty Shaishnikof 

Vasily Shai.shnikof 

Sovia Shaishnikof 

Michal Shaishjiikof 

Peter Shaishnikof 

Anna Shaishnikof 

Andrew Lodochnikof. . 
Katalia Lodochnikof. . . 

Anna Krukof 

Elesaveta Siftsef 

E vdokia Golovin 

Andrian Golovin 

Evan Olgin 

Natalia Olgin 

Peter Baturin 

Evan Lodichnikof 

Seratina Lodichnikof.. 

Ilary Lodichnikof 

Evan Lodichnikof 

Ilarion Lodichnikof 

Vasily Salamatof 

Evdokia Salamatof 

Eufus Boordokifsky 

Oulita Boordokifsky 

Nikifor Diakonof 

Pelagia Diakonof 

Augusta Diakonof 

Muza Diakonof 

Anna Diakonof 

Vasily Diakonof 



58 


M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 


Sitka 




48 


do 




fi4 


St. Paul 




'>4 






37 


do 


Wife- 1 child. 


23 
1 


Korovinski 


Hunter; chief. 


?Q 


do 




24 
63 


Chernofski 

Atka 




T^ 






65 






43 






47 




Do. 


13 
43 


Korovinski 


Ne]ihew. 


38 


do 




?1 






43 


do 


Wife; 3 children. 


40 


Atka 




16 






13 


do 




in 


do 




47 


Atka 




38 






68 






•>* 




"Wife. 


46 






4? 




Wife. 


18 


do 




99 


do 




8 


do 




6 


do 





24 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



Census of Unalaslca Island — Continued. 

VILLAGE OF ILIULIUK (UNALASKA) —Continued. 



Name. 



Evan Diakonof 

Anaatasia Diakonof. . . 
Ekaterina Diakonof... 

Peter Knikof 

Anisia Krukof 

Efrosina Krukof 

Eftichey Krukof 

Herman Krukof 

Agripin Krukof 

Elena Krukof 

Roman Krukof 

Georgy Hansen 

Maria'Hanseu 

Seratina Hansen 

Stephan Krukof 

Ekaterina Krukof 

Kalistii Repina 

Olga Repi na 

Ksenia Repina 

Login Repin 

Fevdocia Repin 

Evan Repin 

Apolinaria Repin 

Kiptian Repin 

Steplian Repin 

Boris Sorokin 

Evdokia Sorokin 

Maria Sorokin 

Glafira Sorokin 

Peter Sorokin 

Tatiana Sorokin 

Rafacil Sbabalin 

Evdokia Shabalin 

Neoflt Shabalin 

Simeon Been 

Sofia Been 

^laria Been 

Peter Been 

Gregory Galaktionof . 

Evaii Galaktionof 

Soila Galaktionof 

Nikolye Kichkof 

Olga Kicbkof 

Irina Kicbkof 

Evan Kichkof 

Emelian ]5erekof 

Natalia Berekof 

Nicholye Artanionof . . 

Maria Artanionof 

Philip Tutakof 

Martha Tutakof 

Elena Tutakof 

Michail Tutakof 

Georgy Dorofeof 

Pelagia Dorofeof 

Elena Newman 

Artemy Newman 

Sarah Newman 

Nadia Newman 

Martha Sovorof 

Luka Sovorof 

Gabriel Sovorof 

Matrona Anderson 

Innokenty Anderson 

Stephan Reesef 

Julia Reesef 

Andrew Swanson 

Sopia Swanson 

Fedora Clinker 

Serapian Petelin 

Julia Petelin , 

Evan Petelin 

Alexander Lee 

Evan Lee 

Alexander Nikiten — 

Maria Wagner 

Elena Wagner 



38 
16 

9 
29 
27 

7 

<o) 

38 

24 

n 

34 

24 

19 

(^>) 

39 

38 

61 

18 

(0 

28 

28 

55 

43 

17 

13 

40 

34 

6 

3 

29 

18 

60 

36 

13 

26 

33 

3 

1 

11 

9 

14 

36 

28 

4 

2 

32 

31 

40 

20 

30 

34 

7 

4 

30 
23 
47 
11 
21 
12 
44 
12 
5 
6 



36 

23 

24 

(6) 

(rf) 

40 

30 

L2 

5 

L 

13 

19 

13 



Sex. 



M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 



M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 



"Where born. 



Unimak .. 
St. Paul... 
Unalaska. 
....do .... 
....do.... 
....do .... 
....do .... 
....do .... 
....do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

Biorka 

do.... 

Unalaska . 

do.... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

Kadiak ... 
Unalaska . 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

Atka 

Yukon 

Unalaska . 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 



a Five months. 



6 One month. 



M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 

c Seven months. 



Unalaska .. 

...do 

Attn 

Unalaska .. 

do 

....do 

do 

....do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Atka 

Unalaska .. 

do 

do 

do 

Kadiak 

St. Paul.... 
Unalaska.. 

do 

do 

Kadiak 

Unalaska .. 

do 

Morzhovoi . 

do 

do 

Unalaska . . 
do 



Remarks. 



Wife; 1 child. 



Wife: 2 children. 



Wife ; 1 child. 



Do. 



Widow, 



Wife; no children. 
Wife ; 2 children. 



Wife ; 2 children. 



Wife ; no children. 
Do. 



Wife; 2 children. 



Wife; no children. 
Do. 

Wife ; 2 children. 

Wife; no children. 



Widow; 2 children. 



Wife ; no children. 



Wife; 1 child. 



d Four months. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



25 



Census of Unalaska Island — Continued. 
VILLAGE or iLiULiuK (UNALASKA) — Continued. 



Name. 



Age. 


Sex. 


9 


r. 


]2 


F. 


14 


F. 


4 


F. 


53 


M. 


36 


F. 


31 


M. 


28 


F. 


40 


M. 


33 


F. 


57 


M. 


30 


M. 


23 


F. 


3 


M. 


30 


M. 


21 


F. 


27 


M. 


21 


F. 


4 


F. 


1 


M. 


85 


M. 


21 


F. 


49 


F. 


U 


F. 


43 


M. 


25 


F. 


9 


M. 


7 


M. 


57 


M. 


24 


M. 


20 


F. 


2 


F. 


37 


M. 


37 


F. 


13 


M. 


11 


M. 


10 


M. 


9 


F. 


43 


M. 


40 


F. 


20 


M. 


23 


M. 




F. 
M. 


60 


31 


M. 


21 


F. 


44 


F. 


34 


M. 


17 


F. 


35 


M. 


32 


M. 


27 


F. 


6 


M. 


2* 


M. 


32 


M. 


22 


F. 


36 


M. 


38 


F. 


38 


F. 


1 


M. 


33 


M. 


26 


F. 


9 


F. 


44 


M. 


31 


F. 


42 


M. 


30 


F. 


8 


F. 


4 


M. 


(a) 


M. 


(a) 


F. 


35 


M. 


35 


F. 


38 


M. 


42 


F. 


49 


M. 


42 


F. 


10 


M. 



Where born. 



Eeniarks. 



Vera Wagner 

Anna Goosef 

Matrona Balamutof 

Katereiia Pawlof 

Ellisha Kochutin 

Chionoa Kochutin 

Vasily Kochutin 

Eprosinia Kochutin 

Paul Dahnatof 

Kalista Dalmatof 

Prokopi Schogohjf 

Spiredon Serbrinikof 

Natalia Serbrinikof 

Nektary Serbrinikof 

lakof Serbrinikof 

Paraskeva Serbrinikof — 

Ralaiel Serbrinikof 

Anna Serbrinikof 

Elena Serbrinikof 

Nicholye Serbrinikof 

Konstantin Ignatef 

Tatiana Ignatef 

Maria Denisof 

Marianina Denisof 

Mark Schepetin 

Elena Schepetin 

Inokenty Schepetin 

Michail Schepetin 

Evan Schepetin 

Anti]) Merspenin 

Vasilisa Merapenin 

Salanionia Meispenin 

Ci.soy Pankof 

Paraskeva Pankof 

Nikifor Totakof 

Alexander Totakof 

Sevastian Totakof 

Maria Totakof 

Nicholye Kiulrin 

Tekussa Kudrin 

Evan Kudrin 

Ilarion Nevzorof 

Paraskeva Nevzorof 

Nicholye Shapashiiikof. . 

Pude Shapashnikof 

Alexandra Shapashnikof. 

Maria Hraniot 

Klimeut Shapashnikof... 
Sernfima Shapashnikof. .. 

Machail Shapashnikof 

Alexey Ichnienof 

Agripina Ichmenof 

Daniel Ichmenof 

Peter Ichmenof 

Zachar Shemakinsky 

Preskila Shemakinsky. . . 

Serapion Booreniu 

Maria Boorenin 

Akelina Boorenin 

Michail Boorenin 

Andronik Smerenikof 

Mapid Smerenikof 

Alexandra Smerenikof 

Gt'oruv < Hloefsky 

TatiaiiaOdoefsky 

Vladeunr Odoefsky 

Natalia Odoefsky.' 

Martha Odoefsky 

Maxim Odoefsky 

Arsenia Odoefsky 

Daria Odoefsky 

Vsevolod Odoefsky 

Martha Odoefsky 

Gabriel Lazaref 

Alexandra Lazaref 

Isedor Solovef 

Wassa Solovef 

Kirik Solovef 



Unalaska . . , 

Unga 

Korovinski , 
Belkofski . . . 
Unalaska . . 

do 

do 

do 

Unimak 

do 

Unalaska . . . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do :... 

Unimak . . 
Unalaska . 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Attu 

Unalaska . 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 



Unga 

do 

do 

do .... 

Makushin 

do .... 

Unalaska . 

do .... 

Kashega . . 
Unalaska. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Akutan — 
Unalaska . 

do 

do 

do .... 

do 

do 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do 

do 

do .... 

do .... 

do 

Atka 

Unalaska . 

Akutan 

do 

do 



Wife; no children. 
Do. 
Do. 

Wife; 1 child. 

Wife ; no children. 
Wife; 2 children. 

Wife; no children. 
Widow; 1 child. 
Wife ; 2 children. 

Wife; 1 child. 
Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife; 1 child. 
Wife. 

Do. 

Do. 

Wife; 2 children. 

Wife. 

Wife; 2 children. 

Wife; 1 child. 

Wife. 

Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife. 

Do. 
Wife ; 2 children. 



a Five months. 



26 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 



CensMS of Unalaska Island — Continued. 

vn,LAGE OF ILIULIUK (UNALASKA)— continued. 



Name. 



Rtifns Solovef 

Evan Solovef 

Joseph Solovef 

Evdokia Solovef 

Kirik Lukanin 

Stiphanoila Lukanin... 

Lavrenty Lukanin 

Ifin Lukanin 

Evan Serebrinikof. ... 
Natalia Serebrinikof... 

Mark Papof 

Kliment Boorenin 

Anna Boorenin 

Dimitry Peshenkof 

Maria Pe-nhenkof 

Ilarion Menshof 

IlaghGelef 

rior Golodef 

Maria Golodef 

Ivan Golodef 

Grigory Golodef 

Evdokia Shelikof 

Anfia Sliapashnikof 

Luka Shapashnikof. ... 
A nfisa Shapashnikof. . . 

Wassa Pankof 

EkaterinaBalakahin... 

Paraskeva Gaikin 

Marva Peshenkof 

Grigory Peshenkof 

Martha Peshenkof 

Maria Kalistratof 

Palaktia Petelin 

Alexander Petelin 

Martha Shablin 

Nadia Zyekof 

Fedore Zyekof 

Peter Sakolnikof 

Georgy Itohmenof 

Eustiiiia Itchmenof 

Feopan Dolmatof 

Peter Gromof 

Sosipatra Gromof 

Pelagia Itchmenof 

Georgy Itchmenof 

Martha Golodof 

Makrina Kozerof 

Anfim Vlasof 

Maria Vlasof 

Varvara Ihapashnikof. 

Vasily Peterson 

Yolita Krukof 

Natalia Rostorgnef 

M ichay Kochutiu 

Karp Belof 

Elisaveta Belof 

Ivan Renkin 

Leventy Renkin , 

Julita Renkin 

Nicholy e Renkin , 

Peter Renkin 



Age. 



7 
34 
38 
22 
28 
29 

2i 
30 
35 
22 
38 
54 
20 
27 
26 
46 
24 
49 
35 

7 

5 
59 
32 
10 
(a) 
57 
65 
75 
32 
11 

6 
49 
42 

5 
44 
41 

2i 
20 
42 
42 
18 
26 
22 
58 
35 
43 
66 
22 
26 
15 
14 
12 
13 

9 
30 
24 
13 

8 

5 

3 
(a) 



Sex. 



M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 



Where born. 



Unalaska .. 

Akutan 

do 

Makushin . 

Akutan 

ITranak 

Unalaska . . 

Akutan 

Unalaska.. 

do 

do 

Kashega.... 

...do 

Atka 

Attn 

Unalaska . . 

Atka , 

do 

Unalaska . . 

Biorka , 

Unalaska . . 

do , 

do , 

do , 

do 

do 

do , 

Atka 

do 

Unalaska . . 

do 

Attu 

Kashega — 

do 

Unalaska . . 

Attu 

Unala.ska . . 

Umnak 

Kashega 

do , 

Unalaska . . 

Attu 

Unalaska . . 

do 

Chernofski , 

Attu 

Biorka 

Belkofski... 
Unalaska .. 

do , 

Sannak 

Umnak 

Biorka 

Unalaska.. 
Morzhovoi. 
Belkofski . . 
Chernofski 

do 

do 

do 

Unalaska . . 



Remarks. 



Wife. 

Wife; 1 child. 

Wife. 

Do. 

Do. 
Wife ; 2 children. 



Widow. 

Widow ; 2 children. 



Widow. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Wife. 

Do. 

Widow. 

Do. 
Do. 

Wife. 



Do. 



a One month. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OP ALASKA. 
Census of Biorka Island. 



27 



Name. 



Terenty Makarin 

Irina Makarin 

Andrew Makarin 

Ilagah Makarin 

Paraskeva Makarin 

Ilesay Baturof 

Erimia Siftsof 

Glikeria Siftsof 

Fedora Siftsof 

Gabriel Siftsof 

Anisia Siftscf 

Paraskeva Siftsof 

Alexandra Siftsof 

Glikeria Siftsof 

Martha Siftsof 

Ila8at3' Manshef 

Akeliua Manshef 

Iffnaty Manshef 

Akelina Manshef 

Anna Manshef 

lakof Kozlof 

Maria Kozlof 

Fevronia Kitvin 

Irina Kitvin 

Nikifor Kozlof 

Maria Kozlof 

Kirik Papof ^ 

Afonasia Papof 

Ignaty Papof 

Trifton Rastorgoef 

Maria Rastorgoef 

Daniel Kastorgoef 

Katalia Rastorgoef 

Miron Cherepanof 

Christina Cherepanof... 
Ekaterina Cherepanof . . 

Peter Petrof 

Anna Petrof 

Peter Shemakensky 

Cleopatra Shemakensky 

Peter Shemakensky 

Vasily Itchmenof 

Martha Itchmenof 

Rodion Itchmenof 

Maria Itchmenof 

Maria Itchmenof 

Anna Lazaref 

Matrone Kitvin 



Sex. 



M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 



Where born. 



Biorka... 
Akutan.. 

Biorka 

....do ... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do... 
...-do... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do ... 
....do... 
Unalaska 
Biorka... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do... 
....do... 
....do... 

do ... 

...do .. 
Akutan.. 
Biorka... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
....do ... 
Unalaska 
....do ... 
Bikora... 
Akutan.. 
Biorka... 
...do ... 
....do... 
....do... 

do ... 

do... 



Remarks. 



"Wife; 3 children. 



Wife ; 5 children. 



Widow. 

Wife ; 3 children. 

Wife. 

Widow. 

Wife. 

Wife ; 1 child. 

Wife. 

Wife ; 1 child. 

Wife ; no child. 
Wife; 1 child. 

Wife ; 2 children. 



28 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 

Census of Makiishin. 



Name. 



Andrew Lichanof 

Evdok'ia Lichauof 

Kadia Lichauof 

Tasily Lichauof 

Vasily Petukof 

Elisavata Petukof 

loaklm Petukof 

Matfay Petukof 

Aiiua Petukof 

Ivan Krukof 

Maria Krukof 

Palikarp Krukof 

Haritina Krukof 

Kadia Krukof 

Maria Krukof 

iS'ioholye Krukof 

Melania Krukof 

Martha Krukof 

Maria Krukof 

GlobTalauof 

Maria Talanof 

Simeon Talauof 

Evdokia Talanof 

Kikita Talanof 

Ekaterina Talanof 

Nikon Talanof 

Ijionty Talanof 

Martha Talanof 

Arseni Galaktionof 

Lubove Galaktionof 

Laventy Galaktionof 

Ivan Galaktionof 

Varvara (Jalaktionof 

Varvara Telanof 

Natalia Petelin 

Nicholye Likanof 

Maria Likanof 

Simeon Likanof 

Julita Likanof 

Mavra Petookof 

Peter Petookof 

lakinof Petookof 

Elena Petookof 

Ivan Kastromitin 

Mariana Kastromitin 

Ivan Kastromitin, second. 

Maria Kastromitin 

Lnpp Kastromitin 

Peter Kastromitin 

Anna Kastromitin 

Alexander Kastromitin — 

Vonifaty Ancheof 

Matrona Ancheof 

Andrew Tarasof 

Agripina Tarasof 

Sustinia Tarasof 

Ilajah Shaposhnikof 

Subove Shaposhnikof 

Daniel Shaposhnikof 

Afonasia Shaposhnikof. . . 

Matrona Shaposhnikof 

Tikon Glaktionof 

Martha Glaktionof 

Evdokia Glaktionof 

Gabriel Glaktionof 

lakim Glaktionof 

Tekusa Ignatef 

lakim Ijznatef 

Elena Ignatef 

Maria Emliof 

Alesy Emliof 



Age. 



38 
25 

6 

1 
31 
28 
28 

6 
10 
50 
34 
17 
11 
11 

5 
23 
25 
(ai 



19 
18 
35 
30 

7 

3 

1 
41 
30 
12 
10 

8 

68 
48 
26 
36 
24 
25 
61 
14 
21 
23 
40 
22 
31 
28 
10 

9 

7 

3J 
58 
47 
22 
22 

5 
29 
25 

4 

2i 
(a) 
34 
28 
10 

9 

1 
44 
10 
12 
39 

7 



Sex. 



M, 
F. 
E. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 



"Where born. 



Remarks. 



"Wife; 2 children. 



Unalaska 

Makushin ... 

....do 

....do 

do 

....do 

....do 

do 

.. -do 

Unalaska 

do 

Makushin ... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Kaahega 

do 

do 

Makushin "Wife and son. 

do 

do : Wife. 

do 

do Wife; 3 children. 

do 



"Wife ; 3 children. 



"Wife; 2 children. 



Do. 



....do 

....do 

....do 

Atka 

Morzhovoi., 
Makushin .. 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

Unalaska . . 
Chernofski 
Unalaska . . 
Makushin . 

do 

do 



to 



....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

...do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

Morzhovoi . . 
Unal ska . .. 
Makushin . . 
Unalaska... 
Makushin . . 

do 

do 

do 

Atka 

Makushin . . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Do. 



"Wife; no children. 
Do. 



"Widow; 1 son. 
Wife ; no children. 



Do. 
"Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife; no chihiren. 
"Wife ; 1 child. 



"Wife ; 3 chUdren. 



Do, 



Widow ; 2 children. 



"Widow ; 1 son. 



a Six montlis. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Eashega, 



29 



Xame. 



Afonasy Denisof 

Kalista Denisof 

Varvara Denisof 

Karisa Kudrin 

Palagia Kndrin 

lakof Kudrin 

Alaxsey Kudrin 

Kornely Kudrin 

MoiscyBnorenin 

Va.silisa lioorenin 

Nikanor Boorenin 

Elina Boorenin 

Natflia Boorenin 

Paraskwva Boorenin.. 

Grigoev Boorenin 

Alexy Denisof 

Ivan Denisof 

Konstantin Denisof 

Alexandra Denisof 

Nikifor Denisof 

Maria Denisof 

lakof Denisof 

Evan Kudrin 

Taisia Kudrin 

Maria Kudrin 

Anna Kudrin 

Saloiiionia Itchmenof . . 

Mefody Itclimenof 

Ivan Itchmenof 

Feodora Itchmenof 

Ivan Itchmenof 

Lorisa Itchmenof 

Vasily Itchmenof 

Maria Itchmenof 

Natalia Itchmenof 

Stephanida Itchmenof. 
Artoman Itchmenof . . . 
Hevrouia Itchmenof... 

Ivan Boorenin, first 

Matron a Boorenin 

Stephan Boorenin 

Ilajali Boorenin 

Matfey Boorenin 

Ekaterina Boorenin 

Ivan Boorenin, second . 

Pa via Boorenin 

Alexsy Ermilof 

Doropliey Itchmenot... 
Fedosia I. Itchmenof .. 

Julita Itchmenof 

Grigory Itchmenof 

Vassa Itchmenof 



Age. 



37 

32 

10 

40 

19 

8 

5 

(a) 

39 

36 

4 

12 

12 

8 

1 

65 

25 

32 

24 

35 

26 

1 

31 

23 

3 

1 

46 

19 

13 

10 

22 

17 

26 

25 

n 

(h) 
40 
35 
50 
50 



ie) 



Sex. 



M. 
F. 

F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 



M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 



"Where born. 



do 

TTualaska . . 
Kashega... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Makushin , 
Kashega... 

do 

do 

do 

do 



do 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Unalaska . 
Kashega . . 
Akutan . . . 
Kashega . . 

do 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Unalaska . 
Kashega .. 

do 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 



Remarks. 



Wife; 1 child. 
Wife ; 4 children. 

Wife; 5 children. 



Wife; 2 children. 

Widow ; 3 children. 

Wife; no children. 
Wife ; 2 children. 

Wife; no children. 
Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife; 3 children. 



a Six months. 



b Four months. 



Five months. 



30 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Chernofski. 



Name. 



Age. 


Sex. 


35 


M. 


32 


F. 


8 


M. 


3 


F. 


(a) 


F. 


20 


M. 


60 


M. 


59 


F. 


35 


F. 


13 


M. 


8 


M. 


43 


M. 


26 


F. 


4 


M. 


41 


M. 


34 


F. 


4 


M. 


7 


F. 


(a) 


M. 


52 


M. 


43 


F. 


10 


M. 


36 


M. 


24 


F. 


4 


F. 


(a) 


F. 


31 


M. 


28 


F. 


5 


M. 


43 


F. 


20 


M. 


35 


F. 


7 


F. 


44 


M. 


38 


F. 


9 


M. 


5 


M. 


42 


F. 


24 


M. 


21 


M. 


19 


M. 


12 


M. 


9 


M. 


13 


F. 


7 


F. 


44 


M. 


41 


F. 


10 


M. 


13 


F. 


2 


F. 


33 


M. 


34 


F. 


7 


F. 


47 


M. 


35 


F. 


35 


M. 


6 


M. 


12 


F. 


8 


F. 


3 


F. 



Where born. 



Remarks. 



Ivau Gordiof 

Paraskiva Gordiof 

[van Gordiof 

Maria Gordiof 

Natalia Gordiof 

laaak Gordiof 

Mikey Gordiof 

Matrona Gordiof 

Vassa Gordiof 

Alexey Gordeof 

Georgy Gordeof 

Daniel Gordeof 

Nona Gordeof 

Andrew Gordeof 

Paul Booreuin 

Olga Boorenin 

Michail Boorenin 

Justinia Boorenin 

Nicboley Boorenin 

Josif Kudrin 

Pelagia Kudrin 

Ivan Kudrin 

Efeem Boorenin 

Olga Boorenin 

FeKla Boorenin 

Akelina Boorenin 

lunokenty Petukof 

Justinia Petukof 

Stephan Petukof 

Sovia Pankof 

Simeon Pankof 

Evdokia Pankof 

Evdokia Pankof, second . . 

Grigory Boorenin 

GliSeria Boorenin 

Grigory Boorenin, tirst. . .. 
Grigory Booreuin, second . 

Geodosia Kalimof 

Benidikt Kalimof 

Nasily Kalimof 

Philip Kalimof 

Grigory Kalimof 

Timothy Kalimof 

Lukia Kalimof 

^laria Kalimof 

Dionisv Kalimof 

Maria ilalimof 

Miki'v Kalimof 

VasilLsa Kalimof 

Paraskeva Kalimof 

Afonasy Boorenin 

Efrosenia Boorenin 

Paraskeva Boorenin 

Ignaty Golodof 

Maria Golodof 

Herman Golodof 

Ivan Golodof 

Lukia Golodof 

Evdokia Golodof 

Taliana Golodof 



Chernofski 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Unalaska .. 
Chernofski. 

Kashega 

Chernofski . 
Kashega . . . 

do 

Chernofski. 
Unalaska .. 
Chernofski. 
Kashega . . . 
Morzhovoi . 
Chernofski. 

do 

do 

Kashega ... 
Unalaska . . 
Chernofski. 

Kashega 

Unalaska .. 
Chernofski. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Kashega . . . 
Chernofski. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Umnak 

do , 

do 

Attn 

Chernofski 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Wife; 3 children. 

Do. 

Wife; 1 child. 
Wife; 4 children. 

Wife ; 1 son. 
Wife ; 2 sons. 

Wife ; 1 child. 
Wife; 2 children. 



Wife; 3 children. 



WiTe ; 5 children. 



a Six months. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Umnak. 



31 



Name. 



Sex. 



Where born. 



Remarks. 



tfikifor Krukof 

Tekusa Krukof 

Josif Krukof 

Zakorey Krukof 

Ivan Krukof 

Georgy Krukof 

Arseny Krukof 

Eliimia Krukof 

Evdokia Krukof 

Ekaterina Krukof 

Simeon Krukof 

Seratina Krukof 

Vasily Krukof 

Andronik Krukof 

Julita Krukof 

Fenon Krukof 

Saloniouia Krukof 

Ivan Krukof 

Boris Bpsizikof 

Anisia Besizikof 

Peter Besizikof 

Kiril Besizikof 

Ponty Besizikof 

Xenia Besizikof 

Julia Shaposnikof 

Eleazar Besizikof 

Xenia Besizikof 

Ivan Mookaplef 

Juliania Mookaplef- . . 
Karlarapy Mookaplef. 

Maria Mookaplef 

Eugenia Mookaplef- - . 

Elena Mookaplef 

Ivan Sororof 

Agi'ipina Sororof 

Antip Sororof 

Ignaty Sororof 

Ivan Sororof 

Alexander Xedoresof . 
Pelagia Nedoresof . ... 

Grigory Nedoresof 

Evangia Nedoresof 

Efl'eeniy Nedoresof . . . 

Maria Nedoresof 

Jystinia Nedoresof . . . 
Avoakum Chirkasin- . 
Ivnokinty Chirkasin . 

Julia Chirkasin 

Peter Chirkasin 

Pelagia Cliirkasin 

Julia Chirkasin 

Barbara Chirkasin 

Feodosia Chirkasin . . . 

Arseny So voref 

Ivan Sovoref 

Peter Sovoref 

Natalia Sovoref 

Ivan Cherkasin..i 

Vassa Cherkasin 

Grigory Cherkasin 

Konstantin Clierkasin 
Alexandra Cherkasin - 

Ivan Sokolnikof 

Daniel Sokolnikof 

Elena Sokolnikof 

Niki for Larionof 

Maria Larionof 

Pavala Larionof 

Timofey Dorofeof 

MelaniaDorofeof 

lUriou Dorofeof 

Irina Dorofeof 

EuginiaDorofeof 

Kirill Ermilof 

Anastasia Ermilof 

Afonasy Ermilof 

Peter Pletnikof 

Kevronia Pletnikof 

David Pletnikof 

Antonia Pletnikof 

Vasily Savoref 

Maria Savoref 



M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 

r. 

M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F, 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 
M. 
F. 



Unala^ka- . 

do 

Umnak . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

TJnalaska- . 

Umnak 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

....do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

...-do 

Chernofski 

Umnak 

...-do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do , 

....do 

....do , 

....do , 

....do 

...-do 

...-do 

...-do 

....do 

...-do , 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 



Wife; 8 children. 



"Wife ; 6 children. 



Wife; 2 children. 

Wife. 

Do. 

Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife; 2 children. 



Wife; 5 children. 



Wife ; 2 children. 



Wife ; no children. 
Do. 



Do. 

Wife; 1 child. 
Wife ; 2 children. 



32 



SEA -OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Vmnak — Contiuiied. 



Name. 



Kiril Savoref 

Alexandra Savoref- . 

Anna Savoref 

A fonasy Glotof 

EvrlokiaGlotof 

Maria Glotof 

Alexandra Chekaain 
Faraskeva Sovarof . . 

Maria Pletnikof 

Anna Ermilof 

Grigory Ermilof 

Juliana P>milof 

Pelegia Lookanin 

E'eter Lookanin 

Ksenia Sheniakin... 
Justinia Shelikof 



Age. 


Sex. 


17 


M. 


10 


r. 


4 


F. 


28 


M. 


29 


F. 


22 


F. 


61 


F. 


58 


F. 


58 


F. 


48 


F. 


18 


M. 


20 


F. 


4:! 


F. 


19 


M. 


29 


F. 


28 


F. 



Where born. 



Umnak ... 

do.... 

do.... 

do.... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Akntan. .. 

do .... 

Unalaska . 
Sannak ... 



Remarks. 



Wife; no children. 



Census of Atka Island. 



Alexander Shaishnikof 

Maria Shaishnikof , 

Maria Nefzorof 

Elena Svinin 

Anna Svining 

Feodor Golay 

Kassian Golay 

Pelagia Golay 

Appolon Golay 

Ekaterina Golay 

Malrona Golay 

Stephan Golay 

Kuf us Golay 

Paraskeva Golay 

Konstantin Golay , 

Anna Golay 

Sergy Golay 

Dionisy Peshenkof 

Grigory Peshenkof 

Georgy Mershenin 

Natalia Mershenin 

Adrian Mershenin 

Michail Mershenin 

llarion Mershenin 

Ivan Mershenin 

Akilina Mershenin 

Nicholay Nefzorof 

Agaphia Nefzorof 

Feodor Florushin 

Meropia Florushin 

Michael Floriishin 

Natalia Florushin 

Anisia Florushin 

Anna Florushin 

Wnkol Nefzorof 

Afonasv Nefzorof , 

Maria i^'efzorof 

Eliiiia Nefzorof 

Konstantin Nefzorof 

Matrona Nefzorof 

Avoakum Lazaref 

Martha Lazaref 

Adrian Lazaref 

Ivan Lazaref 

Michael Snigerof 

Zinovia Snigerof , 

Isedor Snigerof 

Agappia Snigerof 

Anna Snigerof 

Evtike Snigerof 

Andrew Snigerof 

Evdokia Snigerof 

Akilina Snigerof 

Josef Snigerof , 



38 


M. 


33 


F. 


22 


F. 


45 


F. 


45 


F. 


25 


M. 


01 


M. 


60 


F. 


21 


M. 


31 


F. 


22 


F. 


1 


M. 


36 


M. 


31 


F. 


9 


M. 


24 


F. 


2 


M. 


17 


M. 


15 


M. 


62 


M. 


51 


F. 


30 


M. 


26 


M. 


32 


M. 


12 


M. 


7 


F. 


32 


M. 


29 


F. 


31 


M. 


31 


F. 


7 


M. 


5 


F. 


1 


F. 


23 


F. 


41 


M. 


41 


M. 


28 


F. 


11 


F. 


6 


M, 


2 


F. 


47 


M. 


32 


F. 


14 


M. 


1 


M. 


33 


M. 


25 


F. 


40 


M. 


28 


F. 


14 


F. 


10 


M. 


7 


M. 


44 


F. 


17 


F. 


10 


M. 



Unalaska. 
St. Paul... 

Atka 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

....do .... 

do .... 

....do .... 



do 

do 

do 

ilo 

do 

Attu.. 
Atka . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Attu.. 
Atka . 
... do 

d") 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

.....do 



Wife ; no children. 



Wife ; 4 children. 



Wife; 1 child. 



Wife ; 5 children. 



Wife ; no children. 
Wife; 3 children. 



Do. 
Do. 



Wife; 2 children. 

Wife ; no children. 
Wife; 3 children. 

Widow; 2 children. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Ce7i8U8 of Atka Island — Continued. 



33 



Name. 



Age. 


Sex. 


44 


M. 


40 


F. 


6 


M. 


4 


M. 


1 


F. 


53 


M. 


36 


F. 


18 


M. 


16 


M. 


12 


M. 


54 


F. 


25 


F. 


13 


F. 


33 


M. 


24 


F. 


2 


M. 


59 


M. 


52 


F. 


22 


F. 


44 


M. 


44 


F. 


20 


F. 


15 


M. 


11 


M. 


7 


F. 


7 


F. 


34 


M. 


28 


F. 


35 


F. 


17 


F. 


10 


F. 


46 


M. 


48 


F. 


15 


M. 


9 


M. 


18 


F. 


39 


F. 


10 


F. 


2 


F. 


48 


F. 


30 


F. 


2 


F. 


30 


F. 


10 


F. 


52 


F. 


37 


M. 


15 


M. 


27 


F. 


15 


F. 


30 


F. 


48 


F. 


21 


M. 


15 


F. 


34 


F. 


19 


M. 


42 


F. 


15 


M. 


10 


F. 


21 


F. 


51 


F. 


32 


F. 


14 


M. 


39 


M. 


36 


F. 


13 


M. 


30 


M. 


69 


F. 


40 


F. 


38 


F. 


27 


F. 


38 


F. 


17 


F. 


10 


M. 


4 


F. 



"Where bom. 



Remarks. 



Leontv Snigorof 

Vera Snifterof 

laedor Snigerof 

Sergy Snigerof 

Anna Snigerof 

Lef Lazaret' 

Fedosia Lazarof 

Georgy Lazaref 

Vasily Lazaref 

Pavel Lazaref 

Fekla Golodof 

Ekaterina Golodof , 

Alexandra Golodof 

Karl.anipv Golmluf 

EkatiTina Golodof 

Feotil Golodof 

Ett'eeni Peshemkof 

Matrona Pesliemkof 

01imi)ada Peshemkof... 

Pood Zochny 

Alelina Zochny 

Fedoaia Zochny 

Makarey Zochny 

Moisay Zochny 

Agripina Zochny 

Agnia Zochny 

Efdokeem Zochny 

Elena Zochny 

Iriua Besnogof 

Irina Besnogof 

Feodore Besnogof 

Peter Horoshef 

Paraakeva Horoshef 

Peter Horoshef 

Ivan Horoshef 

AleliTia Isiiiailof , 

Vassa Ziiclniy , 

Feodiisia Zdcliny 

IseiiiM Zochny 

Barbara (ielef 

!Maria (lelel' 

Pelatia ( ielef 

Barbara Sa{)oshnikof 

Alexandra Saposhnikof 

Efdokia Nefzorof 

Ivan Nefzorof 

Eliazar Nefzorof 

Martha Nefzorof 

Maria Nefzorof , 

Julia Nefzorof 

TatianaC.anrof 

Ivan Canrof 

Hionia Canrof , 

Christina Lazarof , 

Stephan Mesnikof 

Pelagia Nefzorof 

Afonasy Nefzorof 

M»trona Nefzorof 

Mavra Kadin 

Elina Sokolnikof 

Pelagia Sokolnikof 

Vasily Sokolnikof 

Artemy Tarkanof 

Elena 'larkanof 

Afonasy Tarkanof 

PakoniEransky 

Tatiana Eransky 

Elisaveta Ismailof 

Evdokia Ismailof 

Justinia Ismailof 

Eflalia Sokolnikof 

Agaphoa Sokolnikof 

Stephan Sokolnikof 

Anna Sokolnikof 



Atka 

Attn 

Atka 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Attu 

do .... 

Atka 

Unalaska . 

do .... 

Atka 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Atiu 

Atka 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do ... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do.... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

do .... 

Umnak ... 
do .... 



rto 

Atka . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Widow ; 3 children. 

Do. 

Widow ; 2 children. 
Wife; IchUd. 
Do. 



Wife ; no children. 

Wife; 2 children 

Widow; 2 children. 
Widow; 1 daughter. 



Widow; 2 children. 



Widow. 

Wife ; no children. 



Widow. 

Widow ; 3 children. 



7346- 



34 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 
Census of Attn Island. 



Xaiue. 



Alexander Prokopef .. 

Maria Prokopef 

Stepaii Hrokoi>t't' 

Martha Piokoiiof 

Maria Prokojiel' 

Anna Prokopcl' 

Nicliola.y Prokojief . . 
Filaretli Pn.koiief — 

Vassa Prokopfi' 

Agafia Iroslief 

Michail Iroshef 

Lazar Iroshef 

Maria Golodof 

Anna Golodof 

Efst afy Prokopef ... 

Maria "Prokopef 

Steplian Prokopef 

Michael Artomanof . . 

Ivan Artomanof 

Deniitry Prokoi)of ... 
Steplianide Prokopef 

Elizar Prokopef 

Ilia Prokopef 

Efrosenia Prokopef.. 
Ekaterina Prokopef. . 

Marina Prokopef 

Michail Prokopef 

Michail Prokopef. . . . 

Natalia Prokopef 

Efgenia Prokopef 

Peter Groiuof 

Sosispatra Gromof. .. 

Fekia Gromof 

Ksena Gromof 

Metrofan Golodof 

Elena Golodof 

Lazar Golodof 

G«orgy (lolodof 

Daniel Ko.sniin 

Vera Kosmin 

Epafrast Kosmin 

Anaslasia Kosmin... 

Evdokia Kosmin 

Stephan (iolodof 

Elisavita Golodof 

Herman Golodof 

Varara Zikof 

Nataila Hudakof 

Maria Alexiof 

Evdokim Alexiof 

"Vera Alexiof 

Matrona ( Jolodof 

Dioniay Hudakof 

Pelagia Hudakof 

Ivan Hudnkof 

Ste})han Hudakof 

Yasily Hudakof 

Savvaty Hudakof 

Makary G olodof 

lakof Hudakof 

Nlkifor Hudakof . . . 

Maria Hudakof 

Barbara Peshenkof . . 

Elena Gromof 

Samuel Caurof 

Barbara Caurof 

Georgy Caurof 

Epifany Caurof 

Paul Hudakof 

Martha Hudakof.... 

Kapitalina Gordeof . 

AnnaGordeof 

Marina ( lordeof 

Michail (iordeof 

Maria A rtomonof 

Akelina Tutakof 

Anisia Krukof 

Martha Golodof 



Sex. 



"Where born. 



45 
46 
15 
24 
21 
11 
18 
25 
23 
35 
15 
4 

26 
26 
45 
31 I 
2 
29 
25 i 
46 I 
41 
12 
54 
50 
19 
15 
4 
25 
30 
6 
25 
19 
18 
21 
33 
24 
5 
2 
53 
42 
5 
13 
10, 
36 
28 
6 
28 
27 
41 
41 
33 
46 
46 
42 
20 
17 
8 
6 
31 
39 
21 
24 
19 
20 
50 
31 
5 
1 
35 
30 
30 



M. 

F. 

M. 

E. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

P. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

M. 

M. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

M. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 



Attu... 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 



.ao 



Remarks. 



....do 

....do 

....do 

...do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

...do 

....do 

tjnalaska 

Attu 

....do 

....do 

....do 

Unalaska 

Attu „ 

....do 

Atka 

Attu 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

....do 

...do 

....do 

...do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Atka 

Attu 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Atka 

Attu 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ' Wife; 2 children. 

do 



"Widow; 2 children. 



"Widow; 1 child. 
"Wife ; 1 child. 



Do. 



"Wife; 3 children. 



"Wife; 1 child. 



"Wife ; no children. 



"Wife; 2 children. 



"Wife ; 4 children. 



"Wife, 1 child. 



"Widow. 



"Wife; no children. 

"Widow. 

Wife; 4 children. 



.do . 

.do 

.do 

.do . 

.do 

.do 

.do 

.do 

.do 

.do 

.do 

-do 



Wife; no children. 



SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 35 

RECAPITULATION. 

"Native male inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands 589 

Native female inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands 57(5 

Total native inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands 1, 1B5 

Clergy and iuniates of Jessie Lee Home, Unalaska, not enmiierated or included in 
number of uatiye inhabitauts: 

Clergy and families 14 

Inmates of Jessie Lee Home 40 

Total... 54 

The settlement of Korovinski, on Korovin Island, contains about 30 inbabitants. 
An accurate census was not obtained. 

The native inhabitants of St. Paul, Kodiak, who are nearly all sea-otter hunters, 
-are not included in the foregoing. 

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